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I'm looking at a 2005 Royal star, problem is it has sat a couple of years. Put a new battery in it and it turned over but wouldn't start, we took off air cleaner and sprayed just a touch of starting fluid into it and it started. I'm wondering what problems I might be looking at in getting it running correctly. It has 45000 miles on it and seems to have been taken pretty good care of before he was unable to ride anymore. I'm trying to decide if it would be worth considering it or not.Thanks for any advice

Thanks guys! Yes! Much to his mother's chagrin, I'm already looking at starter dirt bikes for him! Though for now, he's really stealing MY riding time! But it's definitely worth it!

It only takes once!

Hate to be "that guy" but, I have never shut off the petcock on my '06 RSV and never had a problem with fuel smell or hydro lock. Maybe just lucky? (maybe just stupid 🤪).

It is with a heavy heart that I received notice that Reggieman was killed in a motorcycle accident. His membership had expired here but he was well known and loved by many. Please keep his wife and family in your prayers.

Question, I got an error on my Paypal subscription saying "Error, try again later". As I tried again later, I got notification I paid twice!! Can you refund one of my payments????

Congats!! A future Venture Owner.

congratulations! he is a little cutie!

Congratulations

Nah, it's the factory one. My silly @$$ trusted Google AI when it said it had a vacuum actuated petcock. Sounded legit for a feature laden tourer from 07, but alas, there is some serious old school tech on these bikes. I did find elsewhere on here the model petcock i can get to add a vacuum actuated one. Its not a big deal to flip the thing on and off, but ill probably have that on my project list. Just seems proper for it to have one. So, proper use of the petcock will likely clear up my gas smell problem, lol. Thanks!

We have a member who rebuilds them. For a a flat fee he will exchange yours for one he has already rebuilt

Congratulations. Life will never be the same but it’s in a good way. My babies are 30 and 23.

Congratulations.

Hello eclambert1, Welcome to Venture Rider. Please feel free to browse around and get to know the others. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. eclambert1 joined on the 06/03/2025. View Member

Hey all, I have done some searches on this topic but many are rather old. I am pretty sure what I have here is a stock seat on an '08 RSV. Its showing wear on the seams and I know I'm gonna get a wet Butte eventually. Are there good aftermarkets out there that are good for just the driver seat. Should I just take it to an upholsterer? Its still really comfortable, especially with the adjustable backrest. (Dont get me started on the stock V-Star seat on my 07 1100, those SUCK)

New guy here, but I JUST finished a full rebuild on my 08 Venture due to a leaking seat. To confirm, I pulled the carb set and bench tested it with a test tank in the garage rafters for a couple PSI fuel pressure. Sure enough, one of the 4 started dripping out of the overflow tubes. I wont tell you its fun rebuilding these, far from it. Each carb is relatively simple to clean especially if you have a ultrasonic cleaner OR buy a few cans of carb cleaner! Putting them back together as an assembly, that's the chore! Its nice to have an extra set of hands or some zip ties for temp holding as you need to engage like 4 contact points while getting the butterfly valve actuators under an itty bitty spring. Critical to have a carb sync gauge set too.

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Congratulations!!!!!

Congrats CJ! Welcome to the World of Daddyhood! What a wonderful blessing in your lives. I'm sure you are going to be a great dad! That kid'll be on two wheels before you know it!

Wow. Quite an ordeal but certainly worth it. Beautiful baby. Congrats to all.

Hey guys! It’s been a little bit since I posted, but I just wanted to give an update. My first son was born May, 11th on Mother’s Day. My lady’s water broke in March at 27 weeks and she was stuck in the hospital for 7 weeks until Little Man was 34 weeks. At 34 weeks they performed a c-section and William Alonzo Umberger-Valencia was born at 5lbs 6.4oz and 18 inches long. He has been doing really well and hasn’t needed any oxygen or any extended care. He spent about three weeks in the NICU and we finally got to bring him home Saturday. He’s a sweet little boy, and we are so grateful that he’s going as good as he is and he is as cute as he is!

I have had bikes with full fairings since 1980, so I really can't speak to its performance on a bare bike. I can say that I usually wear it in the open position and the only negative to doing that is the air vents on the top of the helmet are then blocked by the open visor. This is my 2nd LS Advant. The first one was damaged when I met the ditch to avoid a head on with a car in my lane. The chin bar gears were damaged because it was open and I landed on my shoulder and the back of my head.

Not from the factory. Previous owner may have added a vacuum petcock.

I am not turn8ng off the peacock. It was my understanding that it is vacuum actuated. Perhaps not or that feature is no longer working?